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Monday 02 April 2012

Rise in whale trade stuns experts
New Zealand Herald | 02 Apr 2012
Scientists plan to investigate a "marine bushmeat trade" after a major study showed that global consumption of marine mammals such as whales and dolphins is increasing.

Marine Mammals

Safeguard this living laboratory (opinion)
New Zealand Herald | 02 Apr 2012
In late October this year, New Zealand will join 23 other countries and the European Union to decide on what kind of marine protection will be created in Antarctica's Ross Sea, far to the south of New Zealand.

Southern Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Protected Area

UFN enters fishery for MSC assessment
World Fishing | 02 Apr 2012
The Union of Fishermen of the North (UFN) has entered the Barents and Norwegian Seas cod and haddock fishery for full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

Arctic Ocean | Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Seafood Certification

AFMA considers prawn management plan
World Fishing | 02 Apr 2012
No formal decision on the move to output controls in the Northern Prawn Fishery has been made by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission or the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

Studies on sustaining US fishing industry
World Fishing | 02 Apr 2012
Two new NOAA Sea Grant studies will look at how new business models, based on the success of community supported agriculture, could benefit fishing communities in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Pacific Ocean | Economy | Fisheries

Total's battle to plug gas leak hit by rough seas
Reuters | 02 Apr 2012
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Total faced rough seas and heavy winds on Monday as the oil and gas company prepared to send men and machines to battle a leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea that has spewed gas into the air for over a week.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Home is wear the art is: hermit crab moves into Lego shell
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Apr 2012
Harry the hermit crab stands out more than most after Legoland staff make him a protective shell of multicoloured bricks.

Seven steps to prevent the collapse of west Africa's fishing grounds
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Apr 2012
Joal is Senegal's largest fishing port. But the 1,500 wooden pirogues gathered there aren't protected by a harbour wall, as they might be in Europe or the US. Rather, they are strung along a wildly colourful - and vilely smelly – 10-mile long beach. It's a small but significant sign that all is not well.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management

The true cost of overfishing in west Africa - video
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Apr 2012
John Vidal boards the Green Peace ship Arctic Sunrise to explore the implications of overfishing by foreign fleets in the waters of west Africa.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries

Senegal's fishing community will act on foreign fleets if government doesn't
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Apr 2012
Community leaders in Joal warn overfishing by foreign trawlers could lead to piracy and violence on the scale of Somalia

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries

Interactive: how would a rise in sea-level affect US cities?
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Apr 2012
Climate Central has mapped areas of US cities susceptible to flooding if sea-levels rise. Who is most at risk?

Atlantic Ocean | Pacific Ocean | Sea Level Rise

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